South Pacific

South Pacific is a 1958 American romantic musical film based on the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, which in turn is loosely based on James A. Michener's 1947 short-story collection Tales of the South Pacific. The film, directed by Joshua Logan, stars Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr and Ray Walston in the leading roles with Juanita Hall as Bloody Mary, the part that she had played in the original stage production. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning the Academy Award for Best Sound for Fred Hynes. It is set in 1943, during World War II, on an island in the South Pacific. Plot Cast Rossano Brazzi as Emile de Becque Giorgio Tozzi as Emile's singing voice Mitzi Gaynor as Ensign Nellie Forbush John Kerr as Lieutenant Joseph Cable, USMC Bill Lee as Cable's singing voice (uncredited) Ray Walston as Luther Billis Juanita Hall as Bloody Mary Muriel Smith as Bloody Mary's singing voice (uncredited) France Nuyen as Liat Russ Brown as Captain George Brackett Jack Mullaney as The Professor Ken Clark as Stewpot Thurl Ravenscroft as Stewpot's singing voice (uncredited) Floyd Simmons as Commander Bill Harbison Candace Lee as Ngana Warren Hsieh as Jerome Betty Wand as Jerome's singing voice (uncredited) Tom Laughlin as Lieutenant Buzz Adams Francis Kahele as Henry, Emile's servant Robert Jacobs and John Gabriel as Communications men Richard Harrison as Co-Pilot Ron Ely as Navigator Richard H. Cutting as Admiral Kester Joe Bailey as U.S. commander Buck Class and Richard Kiser as Fighter pilots Production Following the successes of the film versions of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel, the producers decided to tackle a big-screen adaptation of South Pacific as their next project.